| Evidence: | 'Now I only want to say that "An Imagined World " charmed my eyes with a charm of its own-distinc[t]ly.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Jan 1895 and 8 Jan 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: 17 Gillingham St SW |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Master mariner |
| Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
| Country of origin: | Poland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Garnett |
| Title: | An Imagined World |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Dent 1894 |
| Provenance: | unknown see additional comments |
| Record ID: | 18585 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 198 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett, 8 January 1895. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 1, 1861-1897 (Cambridge, 1983), 1, p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18585, accessed: 03 December 2023 | |
| In an earlier letter (4 January 1895) Conrad comments to Garnett that 'your book is not there yet. You prod my curiosity' It is therefore not clear whether Conrad had ordered it from a library/ bookshop,or whether Garnett had sent him a copy. |
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